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School Admission Policies 2021-2022

 

 

Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Cabinet (Item 30)

30 School Admission Policies 2021-2022

Report by Chief Executive Officer Terence Herbert

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

Cllr Pauline Church, Cabinet Member for Children, Education and Skills presented a report which detailed the School Admission Policy 2021/2022, as part of the statutory process for the determination of admission arrangements to maintained schools.

 

Cllr Church reported that ten schools were opting out of in year coordination for the 2021/22 academic year due to there being no legal requirement to co-ordinate in year applications. It was noted that should the school not be able to offer a place to a child and the child is a Wiltshire resident, the Local Authority would make an alternative offer to ensure that the child is not without a school place.  A copy of the schools that have opted out are attached as an appendix to these minutes.

 

Resolved:    To approve

 

1.    The proposed scheme for the co-ordination of admission to secondary schools for 2021/2022  

 

2.    The proposed scheme for the co-ordination of admissions to primary schools for 2021/2022

 

3.    The proposed admission arrangements for Voluntary Controlled & Community Secondary Schools for 2021/22

 

4.    The proposed admission arrangements for Voluntary Controlled & Community Primary Schools for 2021/2022

 

Reason for Decision:

 

The Local Authority has a statutory duty to have a determined admission policy for 2021/2022 in place on or before 28 February 2020.